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Differentiation of Typical and Atypical Parkinson Syndromes by Quantitative MR Imaging

N.K. Focke, G. Helms, P.M. Pantel, S. Scheewe, M. Knauth, C.G. Bachmann, J. Ebentheuer, P. Dechent, W. Paulus and C. Trenkwalder
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2011, 32 (11) 2087-2092; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2865
N.K. Focke
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology (N.K.F., P.M.P., S.S., C.G.B., W.P.)
dParacelsus Elena Klinik (N.K.F., J.E., C.T.), Specialized Movement Disorders Hospital, Kassel, Germany.
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G. Helms
bMR-Research in Neurology and Psychiatry (G.H., P.D.)
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P.M. Pantel
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology (N.K.F., P.M.P., S.S., C.G.B., W.P.)
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S. Scheewe
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology (N.K.F., P.M.P., S.S., C.G.B., W.P.)
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M. Knauth
cDepartment of Neuroradiology (M.K.), Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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C.G. Bachmann
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology (N.K.F., P.M.P., S.S., C.G.B., W.P.)
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J. Ebentheuer
dParacelsus Elena Klinik (N.K.F., J.E., C.T.), Specialized Movement Disorders Hospital, Kassel, Germany.
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P. Dechent
bMR-Research in Neurology and Psychiatry (G.H., P.D.)
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W. Paulus
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology (N.K.F., P.M.P., S.S., C.G.B., W.P.)
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C. Trenkwalder
dParacelsus Elena Klinik (N.K.F., J.E., C.T.), Specialized Movement Disorders Hospital, Kassel, Germany.
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